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  1. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 5:39 PM    link Justin & Shoni M. | Baker, MT

  2. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 5:29 PM    link Liz M. | Crete, IL

  3. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 5:19 PM    link Sherri G. | Powell, WY

    Starving a horse until it dies is a much slower and more agonizing death than a slaughter house. Pay attention to the reality of what is currently happening to low-end horses and you will see why slaughter is a necessary means of disposal.

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  5. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 5:18 PM    link Saundra T. | Gainesville, FL

  6. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 5:16 PM    link Saralee G. | Big Horn, WY

  7. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 5:08 PM    link kay b. | Vernal, UT

  8. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:59 PM    link John O. | Moab, UT

  9. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:58 PM    link Sherilee L. | Drummond, MT

    This is not an easy decision for me to make personally, as I love my horses a lot- but in due time, should they not be in useable condition, I would like to have the option of this route for a useful end for my equines. I lost a horse at one point who was young and healthy- until she was kicked in the shoulder in an injury from which she could not recover. This would have been a reasonable, if painful, choice for her end- rather than the vet bill for euthanasia.
    When I first came to Montana my (then future) husband who raises beef told me "never name a calf- you might be eatingit someday." I did- and we did. More than once.
    We need to overcome the idea that horses are pets, rather than the essential ranch livestock that they are. We are not raising horses for human ( or wolf, or mountain lion) consumption, but at times it is the sensible end location for some.
    We want the option, and not to have our constitutional rights taken away.
    I urge you to vote, and use your influence, to preserve our rights as property owners, with that choice for our livestock. Thank you.

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  11. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:57 PM    link Paul D. | Laurel, MT

  12. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:55 PM    link Name not displayed | Fort Worth, TX

    Crisis is hard enough to allow that the animal right people to destroy an industry that creates jobs produces a healthy nutricious product and to take away the propery rights of the horse owners, for purely emotional reasons. Horse slaughter is a humane industrial process supervised by USDA respecting the animal rights. Neglecting horses, that is cruel not professional slaughter.

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  14. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:52 PM    link Gina K. | Yakima, WA

  15. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:46 PM    link Sheryl K. | Makanda, IL

  16. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:46 PM    link Lyle A. | Volga, SD

  17. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:44 PM    link Name not displayed | El Paso, TX

    Horse meat has more nutrition than beef (USDA Report). Last year the US Govt. spent 28 million to feed and care for 30,000 wild mustangs taken off of public lands. This figure will triple if the govt. does nothing. Seriously, should my taxes be paying for 30,000 HORSE in captivity when there are people living in tent cities because of the Wall Street greed and irresponsibility? Currently the Bureau of Land Management according to a GSA report released in the Fall of 2008 is in violation of the law! I am an avid equistrian but realistically, the govt. can not treat LIVESTOCK like cats and dogs and the govt. should not interfere. The horse community is for horse slaughter - but once again the politicians and activists think they know best! States should have the right to decide if they want a horse slaughter facility not some out of touch politician in DC!

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  19. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:28 PM    link Name not displayed | Toppenish, WA

    Our Reservation has many wild horses and they are putting pressure on the grazing lands to the point where they will starve.

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  21. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:26 PM    link Honorable Tim O. | Milford, NH

  22. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:26 PM    link Honorable Tim O. | Milford, NH

  23. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:25 PM    link Cyndee H. | Cataldo, ID

  24. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:19 PM    link Amber M. | Silver Creek, NE

  25. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:18 PM    link James S. | Yakima, WA

  26. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:16 PM    link Tamera E. | Saratoga, WY

  27. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:16 PM    link Baxter B. | Benson, AZ

  28. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 4:06 PM    link Jane C. | Enfield, NH

  29. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:48 PM    link Kathy S. | Branson, MO

  30. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:45 PM    link Sen. Joe M. | Park River, ND

  31. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:41 PM    link john h. | Springfield, MO

  32. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:32 PM    link Debra D. | Cheyenne, WY

    We raise livestock, beef and swine for the sole purpose of human consumption. Horses are no different. You add the domestic horse numbers to those living wild and the US is going to be overrun with horses if we continue the thoughts of those that want to 'SAVE' the horse from slaughter. Deporting horse meat is not different from that of beef, mutton or poultry and should not be viewed otherwise.

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  34. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:29 PM    link Renee D. | Three Forks, MT

  35. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:27 PM    link Shannon W. | Edgerton, WY

  36. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:25 PM    link Perri W. | Edgerton, WY

  37. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:07 PM    link Paul R. | New Berlin, IL

  38. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:06 PM    link Joan P. | Shickshinny, PA

    In a world where there are hungry people, it seems ridiculous to shut down an industry that produces food.

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  40. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 3:03 PM    link Steven W. | Corvallis, MT

  41. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:59 PM    link Name not displayed | Gleason, WI

    Too many horses are suffering becuase of the LACK of slaughter and the ability of their owners to have another place to send those unwanted animals. The rescues are full and animals are being dumped in forrests and along roadways now due to the sad economy making it very difficult for those people to feed their families let alone feed a horse no matter how loved it is. Tell PETA to take a flying leap and keep their noses out of things that are none of their business. Horses are LIVESTOCK not pets no matter how much we may love them. Slaughter is a neccessary evil bring it back to help reduce the over population of equines and also to stimulate jobs all across the equine spectrum.
    In otherwords put your promises to work in CHANGE for the betterment of the Horses a bolt gun is far more humane then is slowly starving to death.

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  43. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:57 PM    link Teresa M. | Cheyenne, WY

  44. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:56 PM    link Christine M. | Lawrence, KS

  45. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:48 PM    link Cheryl F. | Coatesville, PA

  46. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:43 PM    link Jill M. | Pueblo West, CO

    The emotional arguements and falsehoods driving bills 503 and 727 play on the romantic perceptions of the non-horse owning public and those that are wealthy enough to have been embarrassed by their cast-offs being found in foreign meat markets. The reality for the average horse owner who feeds his or her own horses and cleans up after them every day, and trains and uses them has been severly punished economically by the closing of traditional markets that were reliable for the sale of horses that were no longer needed or wanted. The 1-2% of animals that were processed for food annually set the floor price for the many animals that were able to go on to new owners in need of the animals' attibutes. A horse is more like a cow than it is like a dog. Please do not criminalize the transport and sale of horses for food.

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  48. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:40 PM    link S. Wayne S. | Elko, NV

  49. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:36 PM    link sherri w. | American Fork, UT

  50. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:35 PM    link Carolyn H. | Alva, WY

  51. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:34 PM    link Stuart S. | Sandy, UT

  52. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:31 PM    link Cherri M. | Saratoga, WY

  53. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:29 PM    link Debra S. | Miles City, MT

    You are supposed to be working for 'We the People'. Please listen!

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  55. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:27 PM    link Robert \ K. | Minto, ND

  56. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:26 PM    link Susan O. | Drummond, MT

    I currently work in the meat industry in Montana. So as far as inhumane treatment of animals go. We have strict laws governing humane handling of all animals. This applies to horses also, and is being observed and controled, by State and Federal Inspectors at every slaughter house in Montana. Humane handling can be handled at that level and should not be an issue when deciding the fate of this bill. What should be an issue is wether the horses that are being abandoned and starved are getting any intervention or control. This bill is a way of insuring an alternative to starvation and abondonment.
    Susan Ostler

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  58. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:22 PM    link Woodrow S. | Pendleton, OR

  59. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:15 PM    link Name not displayed | Glendive, MT

  60. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:08 PM    link Name not displayed | Fort Benton, MT

    I would like all those who want to run horse rescues to quit calling me for donations! You want it, you pay for it!

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  62. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:05 PM    link Lee S. | Longview, TX

  63. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:02 PM    link Name not displayed | Tyrone, PA

  64. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 2:00 PM    link Alicia T. | Frannie, WY

    We need stricter supervision of the slaughter plants, not closure.

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  66. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:53 PM    link Bob B. | Big Timber, MT

  67. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:50 PM    link Mrs.Luanne L. | Powell, WY

  68. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:46 PM    link ERIC L. | Powell, WY

    We outlaw killing horses in the U.S. and that hurts our balance of trade.Now they are being turned out with the wild ones in the west and you already think you have to many wild horses.Now I heard the tree huggers want to stop us being able to send horses to Canada and Mexico becuase they are inhuman down there.We had the USDA inspecting the slaughter of horses in the U.S. so they would be handled properly.This reminds me a lot of forrest fires in America spend millions fighting them and get our timber from Canada.Cut it or burn it.Would you guys please figure out how to do something right. Thanks Eric

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  70. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:46 PM    link Name not displayed | Houston, TX

  71. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:42 PM    link Name not displayed | Pullman, WA

    Cows have the possibility of having BSE, sheep: Scrapie, elk and deer: Chronic Wasting Disease. Horses are one of the few species that does not have a brain degenerating disease that I am aware of. They might be one of the safest things to eat. It would be much better for them to be humanely euthanized here in the US and enter the food chain than go to waste or left to starve.

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  73. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:39 PM    link Anne J. | Smithfield, UT

  74. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:34 PM    link Ted S. | MarbleFalls, AR

  75. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:30 PM    link Jennie B. | Lander, WY

  76. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:30 PM    link Bev R. | Compton, AR

  77. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:29 PM    link Name not displayed | Bismarck, ND

  78. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:26 PM    link Rebecca M. | Custer, MT

    If you don't want to send your horse through a sale, you can certainly put it down; however, horse owners must have the choice of sending their horse "down the road."

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  80. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:25 PM    link Erin W. | Iliff, CO

  81. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:12 PM    link Name not displayed | Provo, UT

  82. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:09 PM    link Owen V. | Riverton, UT

    Don't punish hard working Americans with even more restrictions.

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  84. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:05 PM    link Richard G. | Huntley, MT

  85. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 1:02 PM    link Joe M. | Cheyenne, WY

    I raise bucking horses, and when they won't buck, the alternative is to sell them. The halt to slaughter has crippled me financially. What else is there to do with these horses? Please help.

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  87. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:59 PM    link Patti H. | Hermiston, OR

    It is our right to decide what to do with our animals. Letting them starve to death is the most inhuman thing we can do. I don't eat horse meat but have sold horses that go that way and I feel that if they can do some good for someone else then why not, to many people are hungry in the world. Slaughter is a necessity not only for a means of disposing of the animals but from the economic point.

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  89. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:59 PM    link Grady W. | Bismarck, ND

  90. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:57 PM    link Ron B. | White Sulphur Springs, MT

  91. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:56 PM    link Bonnie W. | Park City, UT

  92. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:55 PM    link Kelly F. | Glenrock, WY

  93. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:54 PM    link Estelle R. | Casper, WY

  94. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:51 PM    link June T. | Terry, MT

    To Congressmen, We need to have a way to dispose of our horses. Leaving them to starve is the cruelest thing we can do. With feed prices people can't afford to dispose of them. Having them euthanized is quite expensive. Please take this all in to consideration. We have rights and need your support on this program.

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  96. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:46 PM    link Don V. | Linton, ND

    Protect the private property rights of horse owners. Processing plant are a must for the horse industry to keep the billions of dollars the horse industry puts into the economy flowing.

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  98. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:42 PM    link Joe M. | Cheyenne, WY

    For the sake of our equine friends and the horse industry, re-establishing equine slaughter plants is a necessity. We need common sense, not do-gooders that don't know what they are talking about.

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  100. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:38 PM    link mary C. | Belle Fourche, SD

    Please re-educate the well meaning but wrongfully informed public and PETA PEOPLE (THAT EVIDENTALLY HAVE TOO MUCH FREE TIME ON THIER HANDS) THAT WE ARE VERY GOOD TO OUR ANIMALS AND WE DO KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM AND FOR THE ECONOMY. THE REAL CRIMINALS ARE NOT IN THE AG AREAS. WE ARE HARD WORKERS THAT DON'T ASK FOR HANDOUTS. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS NOT IN THE BEST ITEREST OF THE HORSES. COME AND SEE THE REAL SIDE OF THINGS. PLEASE PROTECT THE RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO MAKE A LIVING OF THE LIVESTOCK OWNERS. GO WORK A DAY ON A RANCH OR FARM.. PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES. WE DO WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR ALL ANIMALS.

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  102. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:34 PM    link Cassie H. | Wallace, NE

  103. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:33 PM    link Arkansas Horse Council B. | Kingston, AR

    We must get our market back! Without a bottom price for horses there is NO market!

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  105. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:10 PM    link Brent W. | Saint Paul, MN

    Please protect the livestock owners!

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  107. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:02 PM    link Laura D. | Lewiston, UT

  108. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:02 PM    link Laura D. | Lewiston, UT

  109. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:01 PM    link Harriet S. | Wardensville, WV

    Because of the closing of the slaughter plants and the low prices of horses, many are
    being turned loose to fend for themselves.
    It is far more humane for them to be taken
    to a slaughter house than to be left to die of starvation. The HSUS and PETA have caused untold misery for the horses.

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  111. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 12:00 PM    link April S. | Fordville, ND

    Well written!

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  113. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:54 AM    link craig M. | Riverton, UT

  114. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:51 AM    link Melody V. | Bristow, OK

    Please don't take away our rights!

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  116. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:50 AM    link Name not displayed | Larkspur, CO

    Thousands of abandoned horses have suffered and died during this long cold winter.
    A quick end to life is far better than suffering a slow death of starvation in the bitter cold.

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  118. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:49 AM    link brett s. | Jensen, UT

  119. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:49 AM    link Name not displayed | Larkspur, CO

    Thousands of abandoned horses have suffered and died during this long cold winter.
    A quick end to life is far better than suffering a slow death of starvation in the bitter cold.

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  121. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:47 AM    link Walter C. | Provo, UT

  122. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:42 AM    link Rebecca P. | Knoxville, TN

  123. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:39 AM    link Owen H. | Colstrip, MT

  124. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:34 AM    link Merrill C. | Lehi, UT

  125. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:29 AM    link Name not displayed | Emery, UT

    Please stop taking away our freedoms and let the livestock industry that care of the animals that they love. The farmers and ranchers know what is best for their livestock and will treat them with love and respect because that is their livelihood.

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  127. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:28 AM    link Brenda S. | Neillsville, WI

  128. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:27 AM    link Lucy R. | Monticello, GA

  129. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:22 AM    link Former Senator Larry M. | Marion, OH

    The horse industry is a vital part of agribusiness in most of the 50 states. Leave the horse meat industry in the hands of the farmers and ranchers across the country and keep the government out of that business.

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  131. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:22 AM    link Carl S. | Pendleton, OR

    It is madness to elevate horses to sacred cow status at the expense of the horse industry, water quality, wildlife and their habitats and the welfare of the horse itself. We are seeing more horses abandoned on public lands or left starving in overgrazed pastures than ever before. How is this in the interest of protecting horses?

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  133. Mon., Apr. 6, 2009 11:17 AM    link Name not displayed | Hamilton, MT

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